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May 15, 1923. 1,455,362 J. A. SODERSTROM' 1 NECKTIE Filed Feb. 24, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheeti INVENTOR I Y I I May 15, 1923. 1,455,362

' 'J. A. SODERSTROM NECKTIE Filed Feb. 24. 1920 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 WI TNESS:

TTORNE Y.

Patented May 15, 1923.

' nan-TE NECKTIE.

Application filed February 24, 1920. Serial No. 360,803.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. Sonnnsrnorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the followin is a specification.

The invention relates to neckties which include a clip or foundation upon which the cloth material of the tie is attached and arranged and by which. the tie is secured to the collar of thewearer.

The invention is in the nature of an im provement upon neckties of the cross bow variety and upon an improved clip or holder 1 or foundation for usein connection with the same.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a necktie which shall be attached to and tied uponor arranged uponla clip,

holder or foundation quickly detachable from'the collar of the, wearer and which tie to or detached from the foundation or clip,

thus making the tie adjustable and the cloth portions thereof interchangeable upon the clip or foundation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide in connection with a detachable clip or foundation for supporting a neck tie .an improved construction of tie formed of cloth or other flexible materials adapted to be arranged upon said clip or holder.

It is a further object of the invention to provide certain new and useful improvements in connection with a necktie clip or holder adapting same for detachably supporting the vcloth of'a, bow tie or asco-t in such a manner that the cloth will be readily detachable therefrom so that the wearer may conveniently adjust the parts or replace the cloth parts without the necessity of destroying or abandoningthe holder or clip. Obviously, this feature of adjustability of the cloth portion of the tie in relation to the clip or holder will increase the normal life of the tie because different portions of the cloth may be adjusted to show most prominently and the cloth may also be reversed to cover or protect worn or soiled portions thereof. Heretofore it has been common to provide, as shown in my prior Patent No. 1,305,947, adjustable spring clips or holders for how ties similar to that shown in connection With the present invention having the flexible spring member adapted to engagle on the'outside of the collar tabs when the tie isin position in use, and it has also been common to sew cloth coverings over the exposed extremities of the elastic or spring member of the clip. 1

It is one of the objects of the present invention. to provide improvedand economical means forv covering the elastic spring member of the clip orhol der by means of attaching a wrapper or covering of flexible tion by adhesive means. i

It is a further object of thevinvent-ion to provide in connection withv the elastic or spring member of a-holder or clip of the described character improved means for atmaterial thereon and retaining samein positachi ng the cloth-of the tie to the extremities of the elastic or spring member Without the necessity of sewing. said parts together as has heretofore been common in the art, thus effecting certain economies in manufacture and providing a tie which is completely adj ustable and in Which the cloth portions may be interchanged without any permanent connections I with the metallic holder, clip or foundation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide in a necktielof the described char- 1 acter certain improvements in the manner of arranging the clothmaterial of a bow tie uponthespring member. I It is a'further object of the invention to provide in connection with a metallic spring clip, holder or foundation for bow ties of the descrlbed character, comprislnga substantially rigid metallic member and a flex ible spring member, co -operating elevations and depressions or offset portions in said metallic members adapted toreg'ister With each other when the parts are assembled in order to furnish .a more secure means-for causlng the engagement of the'holdln'g device, clip orfoundation to the tabs of collars and particularly to the tabsof collars Where the collars themselves are of a'very soft or unstarched material. I I f It is a further object of the invention to provide in connection with an offset port-ion on the elastic member of the holder, clip or foundation a slot in said offset portion designed to be formed at the same time as the offset portion and adapted to permit of the insertion of a needle therethrough in sewing a covering or envelope to the spring portionof the clip or for winding or attaching thread thereto when same may bedesired in securing the cloth on the clip or even in cases where it is desiredto secure the cloth of the tie to the clip. I

It is a further object of the invention to provide in a necktie of the described 'charac.- ter in combination with a holder, clip or foundation, a cloth portion tied in an improved manner for the purpose of varying the lengths of the freefends of the bow por tion of the tie andalso for varying the size of the knot atthe center of the bow.

It isa further object of the invention to provide an improved construction of mate- I 'rial adapted to be used with non-reversible cloths when used in the manufacture of "bow ties of this character.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description which is directedto the preferred embodiment of the invention as set forth in the accompanying description and in-reference to the drawings forming a part of the specification, the novel features, being particularly pointed out in the appended claims' Y In the said drawings Fig.1is an outline or front elevation View ofthe substantially rigid metallic element'of the clip or foundation portion of my improved tie, and Fig. 2

is a top plan view of. the same as shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 3. is an outline or elevation viewv of the elastic metalli'c'element of the tie clip or foundation.

, Fig. 4- is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing I ,the elastic metallic element in the process of being covered by cloth and illustrating the the assembly a special pin orpointed retainthe parts of-Figs. 1 and 3.

ing device presenting one or more points uponwhich the cloth material. of the tie may be impaled for better holding it in its adjusted position when tied on the clip or foundation. l

Fig; 7 is a view illustrating the first step in the application of. the cloth material to the assembled clip or foundation made up of Fig. 8 illustrates the next step in the foundation of the bow and Fig. 9..indicates thecompleted tie ready for attachment'to the tabs of the collar of the wearer. 1

[Fig. 10 is a View similar to Fig. 7, but showing a modification in the manner of initially applying the cloth material from 'which the bow is to be made to the clip or foundation for the purpose of varying the character of the intermediate knotposition.

Figs, 1]. and 12 are fragmentary views of one extremity of the flexible and rigid metallic elements of a modified form of my invention and formed to have co-operating elevations and depressions for better at-. taching the clip or foundation to the tabs of the collar of a wearer, Fig. 12 being taken on line 12-12 of Fig. 11 looking in the direction of the arrows and showing a portion of the collar tab held between the rigid; and elastic members. of the flexible element of the clip which is deflected out of the common planeis also shown slotted for possible use in caseswliere In these viewsthe'portion l: s0

it is desired to attach either a flexibleenvell ope or parts of the tie proper to the flexible metallic element of the clip or foundation by sewlng. detail views showingmodifications of the outer extremities of the fiexible'metallic element of the clip or foundation of Fig/'3,

whereby the cloth material after being tied into a bow may be detachably secured thereto.

F 15 is fragmentarynview of the ,mid-

dle or central portion of the assembled clip or foundation of Fig, '6 illustrating the Figs. 13 and 14 are fragmentary spaced points which project from thefront of the foundation of the clip for positioning the cloth of the" tie or for securing the clothof which the tie is to be formed when the same is made in two separated parts divided approximately at the center of the strip.

"The body of the rigid metallic element of the clip or foundation is designated generally by reference character a.- The flexible element of the same by b. The rigid element a. will preferably beprovided with strengthening center rib a and vi'th the usual laterally extending tongues a designed to be used in attaching the elastic element 6 thereto in a well known manner by engaging.

with the spaced notches b attthe center thereof. So much of the construction of the rigid metallic element a is common and well known and the present improvement upon this element. of the clip "or foundation consists in providing'the spaced lateral projections a of which there are four innumber,

two of whichare spaced apart on each of the v lateral edges of the element, each co-operat ing pair'on the same side of the element having their outer extremities deflected toward each other but preferably not quite meeting so that there will be an interval or space-between the inwardly projectingv extremities of each pair of the projectionsd? through whichthe cloth material of the tie. body will i be inserted. However the same results may be secured by continuing-the material in the 1 outer extremities of the projectionsc until they meet which makes -a somewhat stronger construction and in which'event it will obviously be necessary to thread the cloth material of the tie through; theopenings thus formed. Because of the fact that the extremities of the cloth material are ordierally through the spaced openings between the projecting members a as illustrated.

When the rigid member of the clip is formed as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and is assembled with the'fiexible element of Fig, 3 either with or without the cloth covering or envelope illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, which is optional, the cloth of the bow designated generally by reference character a may be applied as illustrated in Fig. 7 so that it will be attached at a point about midway of its extremities to the clip or foundation and held against movement longitudinally of the clip or foundation by'means of the integral retaining devices or projections a The tie is then ready to have the bow completed in the manner depicted in Figs. 8 and 9, the resulting knot being of the double bow variety and produced by the operator taking one of the free ends of the cloth material bringing it around at right angles onthe side of the clip orv foundation which is exposed in Fig.. 7 and'then wrapping the free end or portion of the material in a loop' around the center ofthe clipor foundation and the folded material of the cloth and finally passing the same under the thus formed central band in the form of a loop and drawing the same taut resulting in thecompleted bow of Fig. 9. It is some 40 times desirable that the central .or encircling band portion of a bow tie of the style of Fig. 9 shall be more or less full or prominent and this result may be secured by the special meansof inserting the material on the clip or foundation. illustrated in Fig.

10 by which the material is given one complete loop around the central portion of the assembled elastic and rigid members of-the clip and then has its free end extend from the retaining or projecting members a in the same relative positions as they do in Fig. 9, although obviously, somewhat shortened. the correct position ofthese parts be ing illustrated in Fig. 10 after which the completion of the tying .of the how will proceed exactly asin the .caseofthe form of Fig. 7 as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9.

After the cloth material of the tie is formed as in Fig. 9 it issometimes found thatthere is a tendency for the free ends of the bow to sag or twist in relation to the clip or foundation and it has been common heretofore to sew the looped ends of the bow near their outer extremities to the elastic spring member 6 of the foundation. As the present invention is directed to .a bow which can be tied by thewearer as distinguished from what is known Lasth e made up and permanent variety of. bow tie, it-is desirable that permanent means as stitching .be dispensed with in attaching the free ends of the bow to the elastic metallic element of the clip or foundation. To secure this "result I provide aspecialconstruction of the outer element 65 is provided with a double slit having the central tongue d with a sharpened projecting element (Z formed out of the body thereof. There will be sufficient elasticity in the tongue member (Z so that the wearer ofthe tie upon tying the cloth.material of the bow may deflect the tongue member al out of the plane of the body of the spring memberd and push the cloth of the bow so that a portion thereof will be held between the tonguexrl and the body a? of the spring, this part of the cloth at the same time being impaled by the projection a, which will prevent the cloth from slipping until thewearer shall desire "to release it to untie the bow, thus making the same a detachable means of securing the cloth of the bow thereto. In Fig. 14 the same result is accomplished by omitting the im paling member (Z from the tongue 9' but forming the latter with a-slight sinus or bend (out of the plane of the body of the spring e so that the pin it may be inserted v collar tabs, especially whenthe device is used with a softcollar, will be impinged between the two metallic elements of the clip or foundation, the cloth of the collar tab being shown in section inFig. l2 andindicated by reference character at while the rigid element indicated.by-reference character is will be formed with a co-operating concavo-convex portion indicated at Zt-Rbut never slotted, as there is no necessity of ever placing an. envelope or covering over-the rigid member of the clip or' foundation.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I show an important feature of the invention whichresides-inthe manner or. placing an envelope upon the flexible or elastic element 6 of the clip or foundation. The cloth covering indicated generally by reference character 7 will be I cut preferably rectangularin form and will been expensive.

I will be sufficiently have'both' of its end portions 1* and 1- projecting beyond theextremities of the flexible metallic member 6 pasted flat over the end thereof as illustrated in'Fig, 4. One of the longitudinal side'edges as indicated at 1' will next be folded fiat upon the top of the same and over the previously folded end flaps 1 and 7. Finally the remaining side flapindicated in'Figs'. At and 5 byreference character 1* will be folded over and pasted upon the flap r and covering any exposed portion of the spring member 6. Heretofore it has been the customito stitch an envelope of cloth around the extremities of the spring element Z) andthis operation has lit is found that COIISlClGT- able economies may be secured by pasting the envelopes in the [manner herein de-' scribed and that the envelopes thus secured permanent for all practical purposes. v V

A. tie made in accordance with the invention with respect to the metallic clip or foundation and when tied in the manner herein described presents'many qualities to be desired, being capable of manipulation bythe wearer it avoidslthe objectionable uniformity of factory tied materials and enables the wearer to exercise a certain amount of individuality'in the use of neck? wear of this character.

ties of this character where it has been the custom to provide in connection with the material part a collar and encircling band peatedly used with cloth materials. and the latter may be'replenished whenever they become soiled or worn without necessitating the destruction orbaba'ndonment of the clip or, foundation. Furthermore the improved retaining means for the bom 'provi'ded in the. special constructionof the clip or foun dation makes possible the retention of the bow in its proper shape and position after it. is tied and until the wearer desires to remove samefrom the clip or foundation.

The modification of ,the'clip or founda tion shown in Figs. -6 and comprising the spaced perforationsvindicated by reference characters 30, 31 of Fig. 15 formed in the elastic member 6 of the clip permits the insertion of a U-sha-pedV-pin" through these openings, the legs of which are indicated by reference characters 32 and 33 are pointed and extend outwardly from the concave edgefof' the elastic memberof the clip. It

results that in the tieing of the how the cloth material of the bow adjacent'the knot At the same time the bow is much. more economical than w th le se will become impaled upon these points 32, 33, resulting is also an advantage where it is desired to" use a cloth bow made of two different colors or desi'gns of cloth in which event the tie propercomprising a strip such as indicated by reference char- 7 acter c in Fig. 7 maybe formed of twofseparate pieces such 'as'would be produced for example by'cutting the material of thecloth portions o'of Fig.7 along the median line between the parallel sides of the elastic clip member 6 of Fig, 7.- This obviously, would sever the clothfmaterial 0 into two portions a dwhen suchis the case before I the, cloth material could be tied it would in anchoring" the bow. I ofthejtie to the foundation 'or clip. This construction the free endsof the material on beinginserted in the retaining loops of the clipor foundation might be lapped" and impaled 'on'tlie points 32, 33 andfheld'as firmly for purposes of tieing as though the segments of the strip were formed integrally. The U- shaped member having the points 33' may advantageously have a slight reverse curve in the body portion thereof between the parallel pointed extremities 32, 33 and I it is'an-iinportant feature of this combina-.

tion that the connecting body member of the pins 32, 33 willlie within and be supported in the hollow or concave side of the rib part a ofthe'rigid metallic member a of the" clip or foundation. It will be seen from extremities thereof are rather abruptly rethe view of the spring member '6 in Fig. 6 that the ends or ing it always. possible; to satisfactorily'cover' the ends of the spring I) by the pasting I process or methodherein disclosed and ren dering such covering method practicable for the reason thatl find when the endsgfof the spring I) are not reversely curved as indicated in Fig; 6 the covering on the ends I will not last any length of time whether sewed or pasted because of the wear incie dent friction of the fingers of the wearer thereon inadjusting the tie.

: Another feature of the invention embraced in the envelope or covering'of the spring member 6 as illustrated in Fig, 4 that is important in practical manufacture results from the tendency of portions of the loth envelope at the extremities of the spring h to protrude beyond the metal of the spring a slight distance and sufficient to permit a needle in sewingor stitching the cloth j of the, tie bow thereto when the stitching method is employed in securing the spring ends to the ,tiebody. I i

I claim:

1. In a neck tie the combination with a body portion of cloth and a metallic foundation comprising a rigid member and an elastic spring member, means for securing the said rigid and elastic spring members together, means for retaining the body portion of the tie in position on the foundation of the flexible metallic member and impaling devices havingpoi'nted projections arranged to extend through said openings in the body part of the flexible metallic member on the side thereof remote from the substantially rigid metallic member whereby to anchor the cloth material of the tie in position on said clip or foundation.

3.- In a neck tie the combination with a foundation comprising a flexible metallic member and a substantially rigid member, means for attaching the said members together, the said flexible metallic member being provided adjacent the intermediate portions thereof with a perforation and a pointed member anchored on the side of the flexible metallic member adjacent the rigid member and having a pointed portion thereof projecting through the said perforation to the opposite side tie to be tied thereon is adapted to be impaled when the tie is "adjusted in its normal position on the clip.

4. In a neck tie the combination with a foundation for neck ties comprising a substantially rigid metallic member and a flexible member, means for attaching the same together, there being a plurality of spaced perforations in the flexible metallic member of the flexible metallic member upon which the cloth of the neck and a U-shaped pin having a plurality of spaced pointed branches projecting from the side of the flexible metallic memberadj acent the rigid member. through said perforations in the flexible member and upon which the cloth material of the tie is adapted to be impaled to assist in holding the tie in its adjusted position on the foundation.

' 5. In a necktie, the combination with a cloth body portion of a metallic foundation comprising a substantially rigid member and a metallic elastic member, means for securing the said parts of the foundation together, and means for securing the said 1 foundation firmly to the tabs of a collar,

the said last named means comprising cooperating concavo-convex portions in the rigid member and the elastic member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to-this specification, on this 21st day of February, A. D. 1920.

JOHN A. SODERSTROM. 

